Gareth Jones
@garethjones1.bsky.social
An epidemiologist, for the most part.
www.abdn.ac.uk/people/gareth.jones
Previously on Twitter @hteraG_senoJ
www.abdn.ac.uk/people/gareth.jones
Previously on Twitter @hteraG_senoJ
There once was a chap who at Yuletide,
Logged off with a grin, and decried:
“No BlueSky for me,
Just mince pies and tea.
I’ll scroll again once Christmas has died.
Merry Christmas. See you in January.
Logged off with a grin, and decried:
“No BlueSky for me,
Just mince pies and tea.
I’ll scroll again once Christmas has died.
Merry Christmas. See you in January.
December 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
There once was a chap who at Yuletide,
Logged off with a grin, and decried:
“No BlueSky for me,
Just mince pies and tea.
I’ll scroll again once Christmas has died.
Merry Christmas. See you in January.
Logged off with a grin, and decried:
“No BlueSky for me,
Just mince pies and tea.
I’ll scroll again once Christmas has died.
Merry Christmas. See you in January.
My paper for today's @uoaepi.bsky.social Literature Review Meeting.
The paper argues adding slang could boost youth engagement, otherwise the future of academic prose might be skibidi by 2048.
#JournalClub
arxiv.org/html/2504.00...
The paper argues adding slang could boost youth engagement, otherwise the future of academic prose might be skibidi by 2048.
#JournalClub
arxiv.org/html/2504.00...
The Rizzeta Stone: Adopting Gen-𝛼 Colloquial Language to Improve Scientific Paper Rizz and Aura from a Skibidi Perspective
arxiv.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
My paper for today's @uoaepi.bsky.social Literature Review Meeting.
The paper argues adding slang could boost youth engagement, otherwise the future of academic prose might be skibidi by 2048.
#JournalClub
arxiv.org/html/2504.00...
The paper argues adding slang could boost youth engagement, otherwise the future of academic prose might be skibidi by 2048.
#JournalClub
arxiv.org/html/2504.00...
Interesting the debate didn't shift the proportion of Yeses, it just converted some of the Noes.
According to ChatGPT ...
AI is NOT the future of health and social science research
[but it is a] foundational tool that will increasingly shape how research is conducted.
According to ChatGPT ...
AI is NOT the future of health and social science research
[but it is a] foundational tool that will increasingly shape how research is conducted.
"Is AI the future of health and social science research?"
Before the debate:
Yes 48%
No 36%
Don't know 16%
After the debate:
Yes 48%
No 46%
Don't know 6%
Very happy and relieved to see nearly 50% voting no in the final poll!
Before the debate:
Yes 48%
No 36%
Don't know 16%
After the debate:
Yes 48%
No 46%
Don't know 6%
Very happy and relieved to see nearly 50% voting no in the final poll!
December 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Interesting the debate didn't shift the proportion of Yeses, it just converted some of the Noes.
According to ChatGPT ...
AI is NOT the future of health and social science research
[but it is a] foundational tool that will increasingly shape how research is conducted.
According to ChatGPT ...
AI is NOT the future of health and social science research
[but it is a] foundational tool that will increasingly shape how research is conducted.
New SIGN guideline: Management of chronic pain (part 1) covers:
~ Opioids
~ Naloxone
~ Medicinal cannabis
~ Antidepressants
~ Pain management programmes
~ Psychological interventions
~ Self-help interventions, and
~ Occupation-based interventions.
www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/m...
~ Opioids
~ Naloxone
~ Medicinal cannabis
~ Antidepressants
~ Pain management programmes
~ Psychological interventions
~ Self-help interventions, and
~ Occupation-based interventions.
www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/m...
Management of chronic pain
This guideline focuses on managing chronic non-malignant pain (pain lasting longer than 12 weeks) in adults. It applies to non-specialist healthcare settings that are not specifically designed for tre...
www.sign.ac.uk
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New SIGN guideline: Management of chronic pain (part 1) covers:
~ Opioids
~ Naloxone
~ Medicinal cannabis
~ Antidepressants
~ Pain management programmes
~ Psychological interventions
~ Self-help interventions, and
~ Occupation-based interventions.
www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/m...
~ Opioids
~ Naloxone
~ Medicinal cannabis
~ Antidepressants
~ Pain management programmes
~ Psychological interventions
~ Self-help interventions, and
~ Occupation-based interventions.
www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/m...
I don't know, there might be something in this. I wonder if it could apply to universities as well.
I might start marking only half the exams.
I might start marking only half the exams.
Genius! The solution to healthcare costs has been staring us in the face for years and we all missed it!
Just stop seeing and treating patients - brilliant! 🫣
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just stop seeing and treating patients - brilliant! 🫣
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I don't know, there might be something in this. I wonder if it could apply to universities as well.
I might start marking only half the exams.
I might start marking only half the exams.
I call this: 'The grim reality of an airport hotel'.
What do you mean, I've just missed the Turner Prize?
What do you mean, I've just missed the Turner Prize?
December 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I call this: 'The grim reality of an airport hotel'.
What do you mean, I've just missed the Turner Prize?
What do you mean, I've just missed the Turner Prize?
Totally nailed the Secret Santa this year.
December 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Totally nailed the Secret Santa this year.
Proof, if proof were needed, that this isn't sport. It's about making money.
December 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Proof, if proof were needed, that this isn't sport. It's about making money.
We published a meta-analysis on the prevalence of #PsoriaticArthritis.
Disappointed to see that a letter asserting that we'd omitted 4 papers from Africa is now published, while our rebuttal (showing that these papers provided NO relevant data) is still only available online.
doi.org/10.1093/rheu...
Disappointed to see that a letter asserting that we'd omitted 4 papers from Africa is now published, while our rebuttal (showing that these papers provided NO relevant data) is still only available online.
doi.org/10.1093/rheu...
Comment on: The worldwide prevalence of psoriatic arthritis—a systematic review and meta-analysis: reply
Dear Editor, We thank Maharaj and colleagues for their comments on our recent manuscript published in Rheumatology: ‘The worldwide prevalence of psoriatic
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
We published a meta-analysis on the prevalence of #PsoriaticArthritis.
Disappointed to see that a letter asserting that we'd omitted 4 papers from Africa is now published, while our rebuttal (showing that these papers provided NO relevant data) is still only available online.
doi.org/10.1093/rheu...
Disappointed to see that a letter asserting that we'd omitted 4 papers from Africa is now published, while our rebuttal (showing that these papers provided NO relevant data) is still only available online.
doi.org/10.1093/rheu...
Reposted by Gareth Jones
🎬 In this video Prof Gareth Jones explains how we measure disease— the foundation of epi research! Watch the whole series at: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Want to learn more? Join our Aberdeen Short Course in Epidemiology, March 2026: www.abdn.ac.uk/epi-short-co...
#ASCE2026 #Epidemiology
Want to learn more? Join our Aberdeen Short Course in Epidemiology, March 2026: www.abdn.ac.uk/epi-short-co...
#ASCE2026 #Epidemiology
December 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🎬 In this video Prof Gareth Jones explains how we measure disease— the foundation of epi research! Watch the whole series at: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Want to learn more? Join our Aberdeen Short Course in Epidemiology, March 2026: www.abdn.ac.uk/epi-short-co...
#ASCE2026 #Epidemiology
Want to learn more? Join our Aberdeen Short Course in Epidemiology, March 2026: www.abdn.ac.uk/epi-short-co...
#ASCE2026 #Epidemiology
Other than the original, at the bottom, almost all of these are from people saying "please stop replying to all".
December 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Other than the original, at the bottom, almost all of these are from people saying "please stop replying to all".
I'm just going to come out and say it:
I'm not 100% convinced this is a good idea.
NICE's "quality-adjusted life year" threshold, currently 30,000 pounds ($39,789) per year, will rise to 35,000 pounds.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
I'm not 100% convinced this is a good idea.
NICE's "quality-adjusted life year" threshold, currently 30,000 pounds ($39,789) per year, will rise to 35,000 pounds.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
December 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I'm just going to come out and say it:
I'm not 100% convinced this is a good idea.
NICE's "quality-adjusted life year" threshold, currently 30,000 pounds ($39,789) per year, will rise to 35,000 pounds.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
I'm not 100% convinced this is a good idea.
NICE's "quality-adjusted life year" threshold, currently 30,000 pounds ($39,789) per year, will rise to 35,000 pounds.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Give yourself an early Christmas present - places still available on the Aberdeen Short Course in #Epidemiology.
Disease measurement | Study design | Bias | Confounding | Analysis | Incorporating qualitative research | Causal inference
www.abdn.ac.uk/asce
@uoaepi.bsky.social
Disease measurement | Study design | Bias | Confounding | Analysis | Incorporating qualitative research | Causal inference
www.abdn.ac.uk/asce
@uoaepi.bsky.social
Aberdeen Short Course in Epidemiology 2026 | The Institute of Applied Health Sciences | The University of Aberdeen
www.abdn.ac.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Give yourself an early Christmas present - places still available on the Aberdeen Short Course in #Epidemiology.
Disease measurement | Study design | Bias | Confounding | Analysis | Incorporating qualitative research | Causal inference
www.abdn.ac.uk/asce
@uoaepi.bsky.social
Disease measurement | Study design | Bias | Confounding | Analysis | Incorporating qualitative research | Causal inference
www.abdn.ac.uk/asce
@uoaepi.bsky.social
This sort of BlueSky post makes me so angry!
Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This sort of BlueSky post makes me so angry!
Reposted by Gareth Jones
BRITSpA members, mark your diaries.
12th Annual Scientific Meeting will be held on 21st & 22nd September 2026 at The Slate, Warwick University.
Further info, including abstract submission details, will be sent out in the new year.
12th Annual Scientific Meeting will be held on 21st & 22nd September 2026 at The Slate, Warwick University.
Further info, including abstract submission details, will be sent out in the new year.
December 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
BRITSpA members, mark your diaries.
12th Annual Scientific Meeting will be held on 21st & 22nd September 2026 at The Slate, Warwick University.
Further info, including abstract submission details, will be sent out in the new year.
12th Annual Scientific Meeting will be held on 21st & 22nd September 2026 at The Slate, Warwick University.
Further info, including abstract submission details, will be sent out in the new year.
50 years of the concept of #spondyloarthritis.
Let's go.
Let's go.
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
50 years of the concept of #spondyloarthritis.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Just (re)discovered that
Ctrl + Shift + F1
toggles Excel in and out of full-screen mode.
Ctrl + Shift + F1
toggles Excel in and out of full-screen mode.
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Just (re)discovered that
Ctrl + Shift + F1
toggles Excel in and out of full-screen mode.
Ctrl + Shift + F1
toggles Excel in and out of full-screen mode.
Ah, but the NHS is doing a treat, with that extra £350million a week.
Sorry what?
Oh, I see.
What, really?
Sorry. As you were.
Sorry what?
Oh, I see.
What, really?
Sorry. As you were.
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Ah, but the NHS is doing a treat, with that extra £350million a week.
Sorry what?
Oh, I see.
What, really?
Sorry. As you were.
Sorry what?
Oh, I see.
What, really?
Sorry. As you were.
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Just completed a Doodle poll for a meeting, then noticed the advert below. And nothing says deep personal identity like a cheap click-bait quiz designed to harvest clicks.
I recommend a boycott of @doodle.com if they persist with this insulting gamification of sexual orientation.
I recommend a boycott of @doodle.com if they persist with this insulting gamification of sexual orientation.
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Just completed a Doodle poll for a meeting, then noticed the advert below. And nothing says deep personal identity like a cheap click-bait quiz designed to harvest clicks.
I recommend a boycott of @doodle.com if they persist with this insulting gamification of sexual orientation.
I recommend a boycott of @doodle.com if they persist with this insulting gamification of sexual orientation.
Today, the weather in Aberdeen is exactly how everyone south of Aberdeen thinks that the weather is always like in Aberdeen.
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Today, the weather in Aberdeen is exactly how everyone south of Aberdeen thinks that the weather is always like in Aberdeen.
The problem is that if you 'analyse' qualitative data with GenAI you get something that looks like results.
In quantitative research, that's been happening for years. Easy-to-use statistical software means that any fool can get a 'result'. But it does not mean the analysis was done correctly.
In quantitative research, that's been happening for years. Easy-to-use statistical software means that any fool can get a 'result'. But it does not mean the analysis was done correctly.
This is worth a quick read and a long think about: "We reject the use of generative artificial intelligence for reflexive qualitative
research" signed by 416 researchers, including @ginnybraun.bsky.social and @vicclarke.bsky.social who I've referenced roughly a billion times.
research" signed by 416 researchers, including @ginnybraun.bsky.social and @vicclarke.bsky.social who I've referenced roughly a billion times.
<span>We reject the use of generative artificial intelligence for reflexive qualitative research</span>
We write as 416 experienced qualitative researchers from 38 countries, to reject the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) applications for Big Q Qu
papers.ssrn.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The problem is that if you 'analyse' qualitative data with GenAI you get something that looks like results.
In quantitative research, that's been happening for years. Easy-to-use statistical software means that any fool can get a 'result'. But it does not mean the analysis was done correctly.
In quantitative research, that's been happening for years. Easy-to-use statistical software means that any fool can get a 'result'. But it does not mean the analysis was done correctly.
One year on Bluesky.
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
One year on Bluesky.
Great thread by @pwgtennant.bsky.social about PPI in methodological research.
In my view, people are too hung up on what the 'PP' stands for. Yes, Patients and/or the Public are often the end users of research ... but sometimes they're not!
Were it called 'End-User Involvement' it'd be much better.
In my view, people are too hung up on what the 'PP' stands for. Yes, Patients and/or the Public are often the end users of research ... but sometimes they're not!
Were it called 'End-User Involvement' it'd be much better.
When PPI is appropriate, we should encourage it. When it’d be better to talk to applied researchers, that should be encouraged instead. And when a research team doesn't think either is appropriate, let them justify that decision. But let’s not get too prescriptive.
🧵 12/12
🧵 12/12
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Great thread by @pwgtennant.bsky.social about PPI in methodological research.
In my view, people are too hung up on what the 'PP' stands for. Yes, Patients and/or the Public are often the end users of research ... but sometimes they're not!
Were it called 'End-User Involvement' it'd be much better.
In my view, people are too hung up on what the 'PP' stands for. Yes, Patients and/or the Public are often the end users of research ... but sometimes they're not!
Were it called 'End-User Involvement' it'd be much better.